Bijay Raut's Blog – October 2008 Archive (3)

The Color of the Fall: Why Leaves Change Color Source: USDA Forest Service If you are lucky, you live in one of those parts of the world where Nature has one last fling before settling down into winter's sleep. In those lucky places, as days shorten and temperatures become crisp, the quiet green palette of summer foliage is transformed into the vivid autumn palette of reds, oranges, golds, and browns before… Continue

I Know No Religion I know no religion, I know no nationality, I know no race, caste, or creed, O Mother, I know only two words – Love and Devotion, O Mother, I know only two words – Love and Devotion. - Bijay Raut, February 2008

The Four Major Goals (Four Purusharthas) of Life - by Swami Atmananda Purusharthas means that for which a person strives for. It implies our goals of life. It is extremely important that our goals of life should be very very clear. Just as before starting a journey we should be very clear about our destination, so also before starting any worldly or spiritual effort, we should very clear as to what we are trying to achieve, what is our goal.… Continue